Iranian Revolutionary Guards say general killed in Syria

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Iranian Revolutionary Guards say general killed in Syria

Agencies Published October 9, 2015

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ANKARA: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) General has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) fighters, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Friday.

The IRG said General Hamedani was killed on Thursday night and that he had “played an important role in reinforcing the front of Islamic resistance against the terrorists”.

“Brigadier General Hamedani was martyred by Daesh terrorists during an advisory mission on the outskirts of Aleppo on Thursday afternoon," said the statement read on IRNA, using an Arabic acronym for the group.

It didn't provide any further details.

Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari said Hamedani helped coordination between Syrian armed forces and the voluntary forces in their fight against the Islamic State (IS).

“For years, Hamedani played a very important role in Syria as an adviser, he played an important role in preventing the fall of Damascus. Then he returned home at the end of his assignment,” Kosari told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

“He returned to Syria for a few days because of his deep knowledge about the area and he was martyred in Syria.”

Hamedani is one of the most senior Guard commanders to be killed in Syria, and the second to be killed this year. He was a veteran commander who had an important role in Iran's 1980-88 war with Iraq.

Read: Iranian general killed in Israeli raid

In January, Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria that also killed six Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.

Iran is one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's main allies. Tehran has provided his government with military and political backing for years and has kept up its support since Syria's insurgency began in 2011.

Guard commanders repeatedly have said Iran only has high-level advisers in Syria, denying it has fighters there.

Also read: Iran loses senior commander in clash with IS

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Sleepless in Sahiwal

Oct 09, 2015 03:24pm

Rest in peace General Hussein Hamedani. You embraced shahadat whilst trying to stop the evil minded using the name of Islam.

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ali

Oct 09, 2015 03:32pm

Look at Russia Iran they stand up for there people look at Russia doesn't care what us or nato says and look at our pm doesn't stand up for his people usa still got drones killing people in Pakistan why

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Dr.Arshad

Oct 09, 2015 03:46pm

His sacrifice will not go waste as enlightenment/democracy always emerges triumphant in the long run. The foreign funded thugs representing forces of darkness will be crushed soon.

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salman

Oct 09, 2015 03:50pm

My salute to the general. R I P.w

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Love Omer

Oct 09, 2015 04:00pm

Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un

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Realist

Oct 09, 2015 04:04pm

Good riddance

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Shah

Oct 09, 2015 04:09pm

General is Shaheed.

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Gaz

Oct 09, 2015 04:09pm

Although he is against ISIS he is also supporting Assad who is just as bad.

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qaiser

Oct 09, 2015 04:10pm

Why is Iran Medling in Syria, Saudis and iranians are two problems Muslim world had to deal with

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Sleepless in Sahiwal

Oct 09, 2015 04:11pm

@ali Dont just blame the PM. Blame the whole 'establishment'

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Attique

Oct 09, 2015 04:13pm

it is a good move that Iran has publicly accepted its military intervention now in Syria. Iran has the right to protect its strategic depth not only in Syria but also in Yemen and Iraq. Unfortunately Syrians will suffer more.

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bogdown

Oct 09, 2015 04:15pm

How come Pakistanis support Iranians and Syrians at the cost of fellow Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE brethren? It surprises me a lot that a Sunni Majority Pakistan's readers write against these countries.

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Pakistani

Oct 09, 2015 04:21pm

I don't like the ISIS, really horrible people. But these foreigners also are not making it easier for the war to end. We know what Assad is like. To support him means that you are ready to kill the majority of people. Sad.

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Thinker

Oct 09, 2015 04:24pm

Very strange. Both Ksa and Iran is making Syria and Yemen havoc. May people of Syria lead this nation.

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M.Saeed

Oct 09, 2015 04:25pm

It is perplexing that, the US, the West and almost all of the Muslim world are fighting the IS terror but refuse to see Iran and Russia doing the same at their own. It is necessary they should see the monster with a same eye and join forces to eliminate it. It is high time the world should except enough is enough of every form of terror and world must have peace and progressive future for the entire humanity.

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Qasim

Oct 09, 2015 04:27pm

Two wrongs never make a right. Sending your troops to a foreign soil can never be an act of wisdom.

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Wondering

Oct 09, 2015 04:40pm

@bogdown because no one in their right senses would support ISIS terrorists... Saudi Arabia has always supported extremist forces inside Pakistan and the general population is fed up of these extremists terrorizing the local population... this is not a Sunni-Shia issue...the Western media would like to paint it as such.

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ijaz

Oct 09, 2015 04:41pm

Iran, Hezbollah, and Bashar are the killing machine in Syria.

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Wondering

Oct 09, 2015 04:43pm

@Pakistani To leave Syria on its own would mean the forces of extremism supported by Turkey, Saudia and UAE to gain ground in Syria...if Iran and Russia allow such a situation to develop in Syria then the entire Middle East would be burning in flames

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ali

Oct 09, 2015 05:03pm

Rip sir

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Arslan

Oct 09, 2015 05:09pm

@bogdown there is Right and there is Wrong. Look at what Saudi coalition are doing in Yemen where hundreds of women and children have been killed by Saudi air strikes. If a Sunni nation kills civilians, why should Pakistan support!? Pakistan will not blindly support Sunni nations fighting Shia. In Iran-Iraq war, Pakistan was always neutral and tried to bring peace between them.

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Akram

Oct 09, 2015 05:19pm

@bogdown Most muslims don't always think about supporting sunni or shia, we believe in right and wrong. The saudis were wrong to try to topple a foreign leader and have shown themselves to be inept at it too. It should be up to the people of Syria who leads them, its no one else's business.

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Safdar

Oct 09, 2015 05:19pm

The only credible force on ground to challenge ISIS. Going going - may you succeed soon

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saeeds

Oct 09, 2015 05:24pm

Can we think outside of religion, sorry to say but religion only create hate among people for last thousand centuries. Give some respect to human and feel sorry of all people who dying for no good reason.

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Logic

Oct 09, 2015 05:25pm

The General is a Hero for preventing western based terrorists taking over Syria and fully destroying the country Iranian soldiers fighting in Syria are providing a great service to mankind & have support of their Indian brothers

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Syed zafar Kazmi U.S.A

Oct 09, 2015 05:38pm

@qaiser One is a blessing, the other sure is a problem as one can see how unarmed, poor Yemeni Muslims are being bombarded every day for close to an year now.

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Syed zafar Kazmi U.S.A

Oct 09, 2015 05:54pm

@Thinker The difference in the two roles of Saudi Arabia and Iran being in Syria lies in the fact that while Iran is there by the invitation of the government there, Saudi Arabia is the intruder in the form of ISIL their proxy agent.

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Dr.Arshad

Oct 09, 2015 05:59pm

@Bogdown...........We are human beings first and sunni/shia etc later. GCC countries are the most oppressive regimes on the planet. Pakistanis are mature enough not to be swayed by slogans of religious solidarity etc. The way Pakistanis are treated by arrogant citizens of GCC countries will convince all Pakistanis that Iran and Russia are doing the right thing.

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Attique

Oct 09, 2015 06:18pm

@Akram Iranians are wrong by toppling president Hadi in yemen. Iranians were also wrong by helping USA in Iraq and Afghanistan to topple regimes. Iran is trying this in Bahrain too. So Pakistanis should treat Iran as a rogue state

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Ijaz Khan

Oct 09, 2015 06:29pm

Those who were against the General Zia support in Afghanistan why they support the Iran direct military interference in the conflict of syrian pple.

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Yaqoot

Oct 09, 2015 06:38pm

@bogdown you are grossly misinformed then I suggest you go and live with them for about a year then tell me if they r indeed our brother end or not.

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Liaquat

Oct 09, 2015 06:53pm

@Sleepless in Sahiwal how he embraced shahdat, when he is fighting there even before birth of IS. He was part of allience of Huzbullah-iran-asad who are trying to eliminate opponent if Asad for irans expationist plan.

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Umar

Oct 09, 2015 07:07pm

Iran will cause a wider sectarian war with this all out support for the minority regime of Bashar Assad, which in its greed to hold on to power has already caused almost 3 lac deaths.

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Taimoor Khan

Oct 09, 2015 07:21pm

Lets be clear here. Iranian are openly sending their forces and generals to a far off country which doesn't even share the border with them. Now god forbid, if a Pakistani servicemen was found in similar circumstances, inside Afghanistan, protecting Pakistan's interests and security in foreign land, we will be among the very first, specially our liberal class to raise a uproar against it. People need to get the stock of the situation. In geopolitics, its the national interests which matters, please dont moan if those responsible for Pakistan's security and its interests get involved in foreign lands for the sake of Pakistan. Support them.

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Baba

Oct 09, 2015 07:28pm

@ijaz what do you say about Saudi led coalition massacring innocents in Yemen?

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Nptigo

Oct 09, 2015 07:38pm

@Pakistani who is better of two evils Assad or Isis?

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Truth

Oct 09, 2015 07:45pm

Unfortunately a lot people have secterian glasses on. ISIS was created to topple Syria so Israel will be safe... Alas! it won't be easy to digest for those, who called themselves 'Sunnis' but not Muslim. This is only engineered uprising unlike in Tunisia or Egypt. By the way worse dictators are in all over middle east...

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i2i

Oct 09, 2015 07:47pm

Iranians should get rid of their sectarian based regime.

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syed

Oct 09, 2015 08:13pm

Who ever supported Assad is also responsible for all innocent civilian deaths , doesn't matter he was against ISIS.

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sajid

Oct 09, 2015 08:24pm

what Iran are doing there?

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Najam Chaudhari

Oct 09, 2015 08:25pm

loss of precious life..

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Sonny Afridi

Oct 09, 2015 08:26pm

RIP General.

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Taimoor Khan

Oct 09, 2015 08:31pm

Some of the comments from fellow Pakistanis about this man death and praising him tells the sorry state of our national thinking. I mean, why we are getting excited about him? He was operating on a foreign land to protect his country interests. What that got to do with us the Pakistanis?

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ali

Oct 09, 2015 08:41pm

Bravo General, regardless of what the world say , you have faced the most evil force ever and embraced shahadat.

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Ali wali

Oct 09, 2015 08:55pm

A glorious death for a general is on battlefield not a hospital or stinking old age house.

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Jalbani Baloch

Oct 09, 2015 09:07pm

Iran has no right to interfere in the affairs of the middle east and it should stop supporting the illegitimate regimes in Syria, Yemen and also Iraq. The people of Syria and Yemen, emboldened by Arab Spring, wanted to replace rulers, who had been in power for decades together, and in this struggle, Yemenis succeeded to some extent, while Syrian are still fighting. However, with the assistance of Iran, Syrian President, is not ready to quit and to save his government, they have killed and displaced thousands innocent civilians, while the revolution of Yemen, was also manipulated and taken over by Houthis, with the help of Iranis. If the Iran continued to support illegitimate governments in Syria and Yemen, it will have to pay a heavy price at the hands of Arabs.

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Abdul

Oct 09, 2015 09:20pm

Iran must avoid to interfere in the Syrian domestic affairs..

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Sonny Afridi

Oct 09, 2015 09:50pm

@bogdown it's a principled stance not sectarian

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Sonny Afridi

Oct 09, 2015 09:53pm

@Qasim Iran hasn't sent ground troops to Syria just high ranking advisors

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Salman

Oct 09, 2015 10:02pm

He was there to help a brutal dictator butcher his people. It boggles the mind how he can be eulogized in any way.

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Gul Pasha

Oct 09, 2015 10:16pm

His notorious barrel bombs consumed so many innocent lives.

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KUMAIL12

Oct 09, 2015 10:26pm

@qaiser Please don't listen to propaganda. West just wants President out because he is against Israel. Election result recently shows he is still popular

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KUMAIL12

Oct 09, 2015 10:27pm

@Taimoor Khan ISIL has threatened shia and especially tomb of Zainab to destruction. Will you go and not defend

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Baaligh

Oct 09, 2015 10:28pm

@qaiser No dear no. Iran is not a problem for Ummah at all. In fact Iran is with Syria /Asad in order to prevent plantation of a puppet rerime as desired by all vested interests. God forbid if this happens Israel will be too pleased as it would help it in its sinister designs and plans of expansion of its territory in the shape of Greater Israel. All those who want Asad to quit are as such assisting Israel....one of them being Aley Saud - the self proclaimed Custodians and leaders of Ummah. Try to understand this plan of anti-Muslim / Islam forces. And Iran is considered as an eye sore because it is proving to be a strong obstacle in this matter.

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qaiser

Oct 09, 2015 10:56pm

Analysing the comments muslims are divided in two political versions of Islam, Arab islam and non Arab (Persian ) islam. Historically both centres have been at each others throat for one reason or another. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and many more are grounds for proxy war. I wish both saudi and Iran would suffer in the same way as they made rest of Muslim world bleed..

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Arif

Oct 09, 2015 11:12pm

I always feel sorry whenever I check comments from Pakistanis here.. When will our people rise from sectarian mindsets..may be Never.. as 80% are illiterate and 20 % literate are also poor in having critical thinking, logical assertations and Open mindedness...

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Saqlain

Oct 10, 2015 12:30am

It is easy, or rather convenient, for some to say why is Iran meddling in another country. Question is if Iran is not stopping ISIL, who else going to do it??? Just look in your own neighborhood, how many supporters are in Pakistan for TTP or other sectarian groups. If one day they decided to stage a war against the government/Army, and your Army can't protect you, wouldn't you be requesting help from others??? Unless you want your elders to be slaughtered in front of you and you want all your women to be raped and all graves of your ancestors to be demolished. Think about it.

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NAS

Oct 10, 2015 02:00am

@Sleepless in Sahiwal, driver to be blamed for wrong driving.

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NAS

Oct 10, 2015 02:03am

@bogdown, why Sunni or Shait, Muslims are Muslims.

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NAS

Oct 10, 2015 02:06am

@bogdown, I am Sunni Muslim but support Iran who is helping his Asad and I am upset about Saudi Arab who is beating up poor brother Yeman.

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NAS

Oct 10, 2015 02:08am

@saeeds, I strongly support your views. Humanity comes first. All religions are manmade.

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aqdas

Oct 10, 2015 02:33am

And if Pakistani General did the same it would have been declared a rouge state.Whether Saudis or iran none has a right to be meddling in other states to perpetuate themselves. When Saudi Arabia asked for troops, so much hue and cry over fighting in foreign lands.Here a full fledged General is Killed fighting in a foreign country but for a lot of Pakistanis it is , one has to question why the same rule doesn't apply now? Btw a General wont be fighting without his troops, the advisor story is nonsense.

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Cyrus

Oct 10, 2015 04:02am

@Dr.Arshad ... ... The Russian military is as ruthless as Islamic State. The Russians came in to aid Bashar Assad while Washington was still dithering. The Pentagon analysis was faulty. The Iranian and Russian military are experienced in battle strategy and tactics and will aid the Syrian Army on the ground. The die has been cast. Whatever Obama has to say, ISIS needs to be eliminated by any means possible.

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Cyrus

Oct 10, 2015 04:07am

@Gaz ... That is the dilemma. The Syrian Army has done great harm to Syrians. ISIS is just as bad. The Syrian Civil War is about power, not about people.

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Cyrus

Oct 10, 2015 04:14am

@qaiser ... The Iranians like the Russians have been the Assads' allies all along. Mainly for Iran the Syrian Alawites are not Sunnis. Syria did help Iran secure military weapons such as antipersonnel mines in the Iraq/Iran War.

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Cyrus

Oct 10, 2015 04:27am

@Pakistani .... It is a lose lose situation for the Syrians whatever happens now. It is hard to tell how many refugees will ever go home.

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Aseem

Oct 10, 2015 12:10pm

A Loss to Humanity....

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